Rust Belt Turns to Munis to Breathe Life Into Dead Factories

Monday, April 8, 2019 in Press

Rust Belt Turns to Munis to Breathe Life Into Dead Factories

In the center of Fort Wayne, Indiana, sits an abandoned General Electric complex built more than a century ago, a space that once employed about 40 percent of the city’s workforce but now serves as a constant reminder that the downtown isn’t what it used to be.

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